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AAMC Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on VA-Academic Medicine Partnership

The AAMC hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on May 12 commemorating the 80th anniversary of the VA-academic medicine partnership

  • May 15, 2026
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How Visa Policies Help Address Health Care Workforce Shortages and Advance Medical Breakthroughs

Two-page fact sheet detailing how J-1 and H-1B visa holders serve as an important complement within the health workforce, helping to fill gaps in the shortage.

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Tracking NIH Funding

Explore NIH grant funding data, including funding trends, funding by IC, new and competing awards, and multiyear funding, updated throughout the fiscal year.

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Trump Administration Executive Actions

A resource outlining Trump administration executive actions most likely to impact academic medicine.

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CMS Proposes Hospital Payment and Quality Changes in FY 2022 IPPS Proposed Rule

On April 27, CMS released the FY 2022 IPPS proposed rule, introducing a variety of regulatory changes to hospital payment, quality programs, and GME policies.

  • April 30, 2021
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House Subcommittee Hears Testimony from Agencies, Academic Medicine on Long COVID

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 with administration and academic medicine witnesses

  • April 30, 2021
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President Biden Announces “American Families Plan” Economic Recovery Proposal

President Biden announced the “American Families Plan,” a $1.8 trillion economic recovery and investment proposal.

  • April 30, 2021
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate

Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Opioid Workforce Act of 2021 in the Senate on April 27.

  • April 30, 2021
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Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on OSTP Nominee

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Eric Lander to be director of the White House OSTP.

  • April 30, 2021
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